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Periodic graphics: How different light bulbs work

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning illuminates the materials science behind various lighting options

by Andy Brunning
November 19, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 46

 

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To download a pdf of this article, visit cenm.ag/pglighting.

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A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest

To see more of Brunning’s work, go to compoundchem.com. To see all of C&EN’s Periodic Graphics, visit cenm.ag/periodicgraphics.

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